Introduction: Welcome to the Nightmare
Why Do We Like To Be Scared?
Horror Movie History
Sub Genres
Staging the Horror
Five Tropes
On Creating the Nemesis
The First Act: Unease and dread, character and milieu
The Second Act: Modulating fear, terror and horror
Third Act. Resolutions, Tragic and redemptive endings
Prequels, Sequels and Franchises
Adaptations: From page to screen
On Cross-genre
World Markets
Low Budget Horror
Forming the idea: Writing exercises.
Writing the horror movie by Marc Blake. ISBN 9781441196187. Published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.